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Detective Comics#269
Cover: Curt Swan & Stan Kaye

Detective Comics #269

Jul 1959 · DC · 0.10 USD
“The Thousand Deaths of Batman!”

When Batman and Robin learn of an underworld theatre that is producing a show depicting Batman and Robin getting killed over and over again, they go undercover as themselves in order to capture a major crime boss who will be in attendance at the show. However, they are unaware that the director is on to them and has arranged for real death traps to replace the staged ones.

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artist Sheldon Moldoff · inker Charles Paris · letterer Ira Schnapp · cover Curt SwanStan Kaye

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letterer Ira Schnapp
cover pencils Curt Swan
cover inks Stan Kaye

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When Batman and Robin learn of an underworld theatre that is producing a show depicting Batman and Robin getting killed over and over again, they go undercover as themselves in order to capture a major crime boss who will be in attendance at the show. However, they are unaware that the director is on to them and has arranged for real death traps to replace the staged ones.

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